Creating an Application
You must have the API Gateway's manage applications functional privilege assigned to perform this task.
You can create an application from the Applications page.
To create an application
1. Click Applications in the title navigation bar.
2. Click Create application.
3. Provide the following information in the Basic information section:
Name: Type a name for the application.
Version: Version of the application. By default it is 1.0 but can be modified to a required value.
Description: Type a description of the application.
4. Click Continue to Identifiers >.
Alternatively, you can click Identifiers in the left navigation panel.
You can save the application by clicking Save at this stage and add the Identifiers and APIs at a later time.
5. Provide the following information in the Identifiers section:
IP address range: Provide the IP address range. You can add more range options by clicking
+Add and adding the required information.
Partner identifier: Provides the third-party partner's identity.
Client certificates: Click
Browse and select the client certificate to be uploaded. .
Note: API Gateway supports .cer and .pem certificates for identifying consumer applications
You can add multiple certificates by clicking +Add
Claims: Provide a set of claims for the JWT and OpenID clients.
A claim is a unique identifying information that is defined as a name-value pair and consists of a Claim name and a Claim value. You can add more claims and claims sets by clicking +Add and adding the required information.
Other identifiers: Select one of the options and provide the required value:
Hostname Token Username WS-Security username XPath 6. Click Continue to APIs >
Alternatively you can click APIs in the left navigation panel.
You can save the application by clicking Save at this stage and add the APIs at a later time.
7. Type a keyword to find the required API and click +Add to add the API.
Adding an API to the application enables the application to access the API. An API developer while invoking the API at runtime, has to provide the access token or identification token and only then does API Gateway identifies the application.
8. Click Continue to Advanced >
Alternatively you can click Advanced in the left navigation panel.
You can save the application by clicking Save at this stage and add the APIs at a later time.
9. Specify the origin from which the responses originating are allowed during response processing for the application.
10. Click +Add to add the origin.
You can add multiple origins using
.
11. Click Save.
The application is created and listed in the list of applications in the Manage applications page.
12. Select the application and click Edit to add the OAuth credentials.
13. Click OAuth credentials.
14. Provide the following information in the OAuth credentials section:
Type: Select
Public or
Confidential as required.
Token lifetime: Select
Unlimited or
Limited as required.
Token lifetime (in seconds): Provide the time for which the token is active.
Token refresh limit: Select
Unlimited or
Limited as required.
Token refresh limit (in seconds): Provide the time for which the token refresh is applicable.
Redirect URIs: Specifies the URIs that the authorization server uses to redirect the resource owner's browser during the grant process. You can add multiple URIs by clicking
+Add.
15. Click Save.
Once the application is created successfully, you will be redirected to the created application's details page.